A global building occupant behavior database

B Dong, Y Liu, W Mu, Z Jiang, P Pandey, T Hong… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
This paper introduces a database of 34 field-measured building occupant behavior datasets
collected from 15 countries and 39 institutions across 10 climatic zones covering various …

Modeling occupancy and behavior for better building design and operation—A critical review

B Dong, D Yan, Z Li, Y Jin, X Feng, H Fontenot - Building Simulation, 2018 - Springer
People spend more than 90% of their life time in buildings, which makes occupant behavior
one of the leading influences of energy consumption in buildings. Occupancy and occupant …

IEA EBC Annex 66: Definition and simulation of occupant behavior in buildings

D Yan, T Hong, B Dong, A Mahdavi, S D'Oca… - Energy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
More than 30% of the total primary energy in the world is consumed in buildings. It is crucial
to reduce building energy consumption in order to preserve energy resources and mitigate …

ROBOD, room-level occupancy and building operation dataset

ZD Tekler, E Ono, Y Peng, S Zhan, B Lasternas… - Building …, 2022 - Springer
The availability of the building's operation data and occupancy information has been crucial
to support the evaluation of existing models and development of new data-driven …

From occupancy to occupant behavior: An analytical survey of data acquisition technologies, modeling methodologies and simulation coupling mechanisms for …

M Jia, RS Srinivasan, AA Raheem - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy consumption and indoor environment of buildings are proved to be largely
influenced by the presence and behaviors of occupants. The uncertainty caused by …

Extending the Brick schema to represent metadata of occupants

N Luo, G Fierro, Y Liu, B Dong, T Hong - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy-related behaviors of occupants constitute a key factor influencing building
performance; accordingly, the measured occupant data can support the objective …

A guideline to document occupant behavior models for advanced building controls

B Dong, R Markovic, S Carlucci, Y Liu, A Wagner… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The availability of computational power, and a wealth of data from sensors have boosted the
development of model-based predictive control for smart and effective control of advanced …

Occupant-centric urban building energy modeling: Approaches, inputs, and data sources-A review

S Dabirian, K Panchabikesan, U Eicker - Energy and buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Occupant-related inputs are significant parameters that influence energy simulation
accuracy at both the building and urban levels. In most previous research works, fixed …

Use of dynamic occupant behavior models in the building design and code compliance processes

S Gilani, W O'Brien, HB Gunay, JS Carrizo - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Occupants account for a significant impact on building performance through their
interactions with zone level building components. Empirically-derived occupant models …

Review of current methods, opportunities, and challenges for in-situ monitoring to support occupant modelling in office spaces

S Gilani, W O'Brien - Journal of building performance simulation, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Modelling occupant behaviours presents an opportunity to better predict building energy
performance and comfort in real situations to support building design and operation. The …